My biggest fraud complaint was auctions that smelled
very suspiciously
of shill bidding and other seller collusion.
Shilling actually never was a big problem on Ebay. Yes, it happens
from time to time, just like a real auction. A fair
number of times
Ebay police will see it and kill it off before anyone sees it.
Sellers
see it with some kinds of fishy bid cancellation notices we get.
Ebay tightened up privacy simply to make a buck - or rather to get the
buck they were losing to deals outside their system after auctions
closed. In the old days, one saying was that when you sold something
on Ebay, you could sell two more. And most sellers did this.
--
Will